It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
LIVYLaw is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
More Livy Quotes
-
-
There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
LIVY -
Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
LIVY -
The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
LIVY -
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
LIVY -
A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
LIVY -
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
LIVY -
No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
LIVY -
The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
LIVY -
There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
LIVY -
The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
LIVY -
We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.
LIVY -
Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
LIVY -
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
LIVY -
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
LIVY -
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
LIVY